Home Health Aide Salary
What you can expect in terms of a home health aide salary will vary based on your geographic location, years of experience, certification, and whether you are employed by a for-profit or non-profit agency.
Other factors — such as whether you work a full-time or part-time schedule — will also affect your pay.
That is to say, there is a wide spectrum in the home health aide salary range.
Salaries Vary by Location
The graph below shows average salaries in 2011 paid to certified home health aides in 11 U.S. cities:
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Baltimore, MD
Miami, FL
Dallas, TX
Saint Paul, MN
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
The average here ranges from a high of $33,000 (San Francisco and New York) to a low of $22,000 (Phoenix).
Furthermore, given the actual growth in home health aide jobs (illustrated in the graph below) combined with projected future growth, the prospects are good that the salary will continue to grow.
Source: Indeed.com website (http://www.indeed.com/); accessed June 21, 2011.
While the salary ranges presented here are good to know, you’ll want to take other factors into consideration when you evaluate your employment opportunities as a home health aide. For example, does your prospective employer provide paid benefits such as vacation and sick time, training, continuing education opportunities, or health insurance. If you are self-employed and deliver private-duty home health aide services are you able to reduce or eliminate your childcare expenses by working around your children’s school schedules?
